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Accession 0000101594-06-000041

CIK 0000101594other

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Feb 8, 7:00 PM ET

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Feb 9, 3:31 PM ET

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0000101594-06-000041

Insider Transaction Report

Form 4
Period: 2006-02-08
LARSEN JOHN L
DirectorChairman and CEO
Transactions
  • Other

    U.S. Energy Common Stock

    2006-02-08+13,240151,192 total(indirect: By Immediate Family)
  • Other

    U.S. Energy Common Stock

    2006-02-08+4,608653,791 total
Holdings
  • Employee Option 4 (Right to Buy)

    Exercise: $2.25From: 2002-08-08Exp: 2011-12-07U.S. Energy Common Stock (97,000 underlying)
    97,000
  • U.S. Energy Common Stock

    (indirect: By Trust)
    155,811
  • Employee Option 3 (Right to Buy)

    Exercise: $3.90From: 2001-12-07Exp: 2011-12-06U.S. Energy Common Stock (100,000 underlying)
    100,000
  • Employee Option 5 (Right to Buy)

    Exercise: $2.46From: 2004-07-01Exp: 2014-06-30U.S. Energy Common Stock (125,000 underlying)
    125,000
  • U.S. Energy Common Stock

    (indirect: By Corporation)
    812,915
  • Employee Option 1a (Right to Buy)

    Exercise: $2.00From: 1998-12-04Exp: 2008-09-25U.S. Energy Common Stock (77,718 underlying)
    77,718
  • Employee Option 6 (Right to Buy)

    Exercise: $3.86From: 2005-10-14Exp: 2015-10-13U.S. Energy Common Stock (100,000 underlying)
    100,000
  • Employee Option 1 (Right to Buy)

    Exercise: $2.88From: 1998-12-04Exp: 2008-09-05U.S. Energy Common Stock (34,782 underlying)
    34,782
  • Employee Option 2 (Right to Buy)

    Exercise: $2.40From: 2001-01-10Exp: 2011-01-09U.S. Energy Common Stock (184,400 underlying)
    184,400
Footnotes (16)
  • [F1]The Reporting Person received his annual ESOP funding of 4,608 shares which have been contributed to an IRA for the benefit of the Reporting Person.
  • [F10]Shares issued to be held in ESOP accounts established for the benefit of members of the Reporting Persons 'Immediate Family', as that term is defined in Rule 16a-1(e), in accordance with Rule 16a-8(b)(2).
  • [F11]Includes 512,359 shares held by Crested Corp. (Crested), a majority-owned subsidiary of USEG. The Reporting Person is an Officer and/or Director of both USEG and Crested and is not a controlling shareholder and does not have or share investment controll over these shares, and therefore does not have a pecuniary interest in the USEG shares held by Crested, under rule 16a-1(a)(2)(iii).
  • [F12]Includes 175,000 shares held by Sutter Gold Mining Company (SGMC), a subsidiary of USEG. The Reporting Person is an Officer and/or Director of both USEG and SGMC and is not a controlling shareholder and does not have or share investment controll over these shares, and therefore does not have a pecuniary interest in the USEG shares held by SGMC, under rule 16a-1(a)(2)(iii).
  • [F13]Includes 125,556 shares held by Plateau Resources Limited (Plateau), a wholly owned subsidiary of USEG. The Reporting Person is an Officer and/or Director of both USEG and Plateau and is not a controlling shareholder and does not have or share investment controll over these shares, and therefore does not have a pecuniary interest in the USEG shares held by Plateau, under rule 16a-1(a)(2)(iii).
  • [F14]Includes shares held in the ESOP which are not allocated to accounts established for the benefit of specific plan participants. The Reporting Person, as an ESOP Trustee, exercises the voting powers with respect to such unallocated shares.
  • [F15]Includes stock options granted under the Issuer's 1998 Incentive Stock Option Plan and exempt under Rule 16b-3.
  • [F16]Includes stock options granted under the Issuer's 2001 Incentive Stock Option Plan and exempt under Rule 16b-3.
  • [F2]Includes 440,923 shares contributed by the Reporting Person and the Reporting Person's Wife into a Family Limited Partnership.
  • [F3]Includes 500 shares held in a street name account for the benefit of the Reporting Person.
  • [F4]Includes 67,168 shares held in an Individual Retirement Account (IRA) for the benefit of the Reporting Person.
  • [F5]Includes 25,200 shares issued under the Restricted Stock Bonus Plan and 120,000 shares issued under the 1996 Stock Award program all of which are subject to forfeiture by the Reporting Person. Shares issued under the 1996 Stock Award program vest over a 5-year period at the rate of 20% per year, The forfeitable shares issued under both plans are deemed 'earned out' by the Reporting Person: (i) if he is continuously employed by USEG until he retires; (ii) if he becomes disabled; (iii) upon his death, or (iv) if the shares are claimed within three years following the occurrence of (i) (ii) (iii). The treasurer of USEG holds the shares in trust for the benefit of the Reporting Person, while non-employee directors of USEG exercise shared voting and dispositive rights over all forfeitable shares. The acquisitions of the shares by the Reporting Person from both the Bonus Plan and the Award Program are exempt under Rule 16b-3.
  • [F6]Shares issued in the U.S. Energy Corp. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (the 'ESOP') in an account established for the benefit of the Reporting Person.
  • [F7]Includes shares held in the U.S. Energy Corp. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (the 'ESOP') in an account established for the benefit of the Reporting Person.
  • [F8]Shares distributed from the 'ESOP' Plan to the Reporting Person under the Terms of the Plan.
  • [F9]Includes 13,240 shares distributed to the 'ESOP' accounts of the Reporting Persons 'Immediate Family' under the Terms of the Plan.

Documents

1 file

Issuer

US ENERGY CORP

CIK 0000101594

Entity typeother

Related Parties

1
  • filerCIK 0001065871

Filing Metadata

Form type
4
Filed
Feb 8, 7:00 PM ET
Accepted
Feb 9, 3:31 PM ET
Size
25.7 KB